### 🔧 **Geeky Services / Features in Windows**
1. **OpenSSH Server**
- Lets you SSH into your Windows machine just like Linux.
- Useful for remote management or automating tasks from another PC.
- Enable via:
`Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server`
2. **Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)**
- Run Linux alongside Windows without VM overhead.
- Perfect for coding, Docker, networking experiments, and security testing.
- You can install **Ubuntu, Debian, Kali, etc.**
3. **IIS (Internet Information Services)**
- A full web server built into Windows.
- Good for learning hosting, experimenting with websites, or running test apps locally.
4. **Hyper-V**
- Windows’ own virtualization service.
- Run multiple OS (Linux, Windows Server, FreeBSD) as virtual machines.
5. **Windows Sandbox**
- Creates a temporary, isolated Windows instance.
- Any changes vanish when you close it → great for testing suspicious apps/files.
6. **SMB / Samba File Sharing**
- Share folders across the network like a NAS.
- Combine with your home server setup.
7. **Task Scheduler Automation**
- Run scripts on events (boot, login, network connect, USB insert).
- E.g., auto-backup, auto-start apps, or even prank scripts.
8. **Docker Desktop (with WSL2 backend)**
- Run containers on Windows for apps like **PhotoPrism, Pi-hole, Nextcloud**.
- Turns your PC into a mini server cluster.
9. **Sysinternals Suite (by Microsoft)**
- Geek’s toolkit for **deep system monitoring**: process explorer, autoruns, TCPView, etc.
- Lets you debug, trace, and reverse-engineer Windows internals.
10. **Windows Admin Center**
- Browser-based control panel for Windows, servers, and network devices.
- Very useful if you want to feel like you’re running a data center from your PC.
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